Top-down impact by copepods on ciliate numbers and persistence depends on copepod and ciliate species composition

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 499-507

  Gismervik, Ingrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ALGAL BLOOM; CILIATE; CRUSTACEAN; FEEDING; FOOD WEB;

ACARTIA CLAUSII; ALGAE; CENTROPAGES HAMATUS; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; LOHMANNIELLA; NEPHROSELMIS PYRIFORMIS; PSEUDOCALANUS; STROMBIDIUM CONICUM; STROMBIDIUM SP.; STROMBIDIUM VESTITUM;

EID: 33646348728     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbi135     Document Type: Article

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